Charter Taps Tandberg for Expanded VOD Rollout

Charter Communications has expanded its deployment of the Tandberg Television OpenStream digital services platform to support a national rollout of on-demand services. Charter has deployed OpenStream in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin with multiple server vend

The OpenStream platform include the Enterprise Session Resource Manager (eSRM) that enables customers to centrally share network resources between multiple services and a 24/7 network operations center that ensures rapid resolution of systems and products issues and currently support more than 1,500 VOD systems.

Charter Communications has deployed Kasenna MediaBase XMP video servers in response to the popularity of Charter OnDemand, its VOD library of movies, premium channel hits, sports, music and more. Previously, Charter installed MediaBase servers to support the initial rollout of VOD services in Malibu, Calif. last

Charter Communications Inc. is installing an end-to-end Gigabit Ethernet VOD system created by nCUBE Corp. and Harmonic Inc. in 12 markets, with additional markets scheduled for later this year. The systems have architectural flexibility and scalability that will allow Charter to simplify its networks and reduce costs.

Charter Communications Inc. plans to integrate and deploy video-on-demand systems and programming from TVN Entertainment Corp. in Charter sites where VOD and subscription VOD services are scheduled for deployment. Charter will use TVN's VOD services to automate the delivery and integration of monthly content for VOD a

Charter Communications selected nCube's nAble interactive management software and video server for to deliver VOD to its digital cable customers in Reno, Nev. The on-demand service is scheduled for the first quarter of this year, and marks the eleventh VOD deployment that Charter has launched with nCube. It offers VCR-

Time Warner Cable has deployed the first video-on-demand (VOD) solution for small markets by leveraging the architectural flexibility of the OpenStream Digital Services Platform by Tandberg Television.